Skruger'S MOCK DRAFT
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Skruger'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON APR 5, 2025

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  • Skruger DRAFTING FOR THE
    Bengals
Draft Selections
Jack Sawyer Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
Jack Sawyer
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Josaiah Stewart Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Josaiah Stewart
DE-EDGE Michigan
David Walker Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
David Walker
LB-EDGE Central Arkansas
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (CIN)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
O'Donnell Fortune Head Shot
PICK: 153 RND: 5 (CIN)
O'Donnell Fortune
CB South Carolina
Fadil Diggs Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (CIN)
Fadil Diggs
DL-EDGE Syracuse
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall C+
ValueC NeedC+ TradesB- FutureB-
The jury is out on the Bengals. For now, C+.

The Fadil Diggs pick is the one that will follow the Bengals into the fall. They took him 42 spots ahead of his grade, and the board is not shy about saying so. Call it a C+ and check back in two years.

A whole weekend of picks and tight end is somehow still a want. Spending an early pick on edge rusher with tight end, interior defensive lineman and other spots open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to.

The Johnson pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. On the needs board they went 2 of 8, with cornerback the one that mattered most.

So much rides on Jack Sawyer that the real verdict is a season or two away.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Jack Sawyer
In the 17th pick they get a bendy edge with upside, even if it was a touch early. Need was not the driver here.
Pick49 Rnd2 Josaiah Stewart
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending the Round 2 slot on Josaiah Stewart with tight end, interior defensive lineman and other spots unsolved.
Pick81 Rnd3 David Walker
They bypassed pressing needs at tight end, interior defensive lineman and other spots to take David Walker, an edge rusher that was not the priority.
Pick119 Rnd4 Tez Johnson
Tez Johnson in Round 4, Pick 17 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick153 Rnd5 O'Donnell Fortune
O'Donnell Fortune in the 153rd overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick193 Rnd6 Fadil Diggs
A wild overpay on Fadil Diggs in slot 193, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.